New The Italien, A Fastback 62-3 T-Bird Concept Car
The Italien was featured inwards 14+ magazines inwards 1963 as well as 1964 such equally "Motor Trend", "Hot Rod", "Car Life", "Motorcade", "Speed as well as Custom" as well as others.
Dale Robertson, telly star on a cowboy show, barbarous inwards honey amongst it, as well as wanted it. Since the exclusively contact information was the placard from Dearborn Steel Tubing inwards the car, Robertson contacted them.
He offered DST $10,000.00 for the auto as well as and so DST went to move trying to convince Ford to sell them the auto rather than flake it. They were successful as well as equally y'all learned earlier, they purchased the Italien from Ford for $5,000.00 as well as right away sold it to Robertson for $10,000.00.
All inwards all, DST did well, they got paid $11,000.00 from Ford to construct it as well as and so picked upwards some other $5,000.00 when they sold it to Robertson. Robertson drove the Italien regularly simply about the Los Angeles expanse as well as 1 enthusiast remembers spotting it on the highway as well as next it exclusively to lose it inwards the hills of Hollywood.
Circa 1965, Robertson allow his secretarial assistant get got the Italien on an errand as well as she nurture ended some other car.
It was restored as well as sold at auction inwards 2008 for 660,000
The Thunderbird Italien was a styling written report from Ford's ain Thunderbird styling region as well as was designed past times Fords ain Thunderbird Stylists who truly built the plywood buck over which they sculpted the clay model of the roof inwards their ain studio as well as and so gave the auto to DST where Vince Gardner made the 1 slice plaster cast over the clay from which he made the fiberglass roof as well as deck lid.
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